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CALYPSO IA 1001 TR

CALYPSO develops and implements a system based on a single smart card for multiple uses, for transportation, banking and other services. Using the same microprocessor card, the system provides contact and contactless operations in a multi-service, multi-operator environment for payment, ticketing, identification, location, reservation, information and security functions

Setting the Scene
There are numerous cards in existence to-day, for general payments, for example credit or debit cards, or for "one-service" purposes, like phone cards. Others are used for identification of their bearer, customer loyalty schemes, administration, etc. Some services require tickets as a proof of payment or of regular use, as in public transport, car parks, motorway tolls, and museums.
For the citizen, such diversity carries negative implications. It makes purchase of goods and services more complex than necessary: the required cards may not be to-hand when needed, and there may be different methods of using them.
CALYPSO therefore proposes a single system for several payments, identification and ticketing functions. It is a Citizen Pass which combines:
o purchase of goods, through an electronic purse function and with potential loyalty applications
o payment and ticketing for public transport, parking, taxis, telephones
o access to administrative services: payment of local taxes and fines, delivery of certificates
o access to tourist services: hotel reservation, advance booking of museum tickets
o payment and reservation for cultural and sports activities.

Approach

This project builds on the successful results of the ICARE project, which implemented multi-operator ticketing systems in Paris, Venice, Lisbon and Constance. These systems impacted altogether more than 15% of the population of Europe.
The consortium consists of 24 partners (from Constance, Lisbon, Venice, Paris, Brussels) representing transport, services, banks and research institutes. Each partner focuses on a particular aspect of the system, contributing at the same time to the validation of the generic CALYPSO system.

Paris:
Three main topics are relevant for the evolution of the local environment:
o Replacement of the present magnetic stripe ticketing system of RATP by a contactless ticketing system, planned to be achieved by year 2001
o Introduction of contactless ticketing system in the whole Ile de France region, in accordance with a business plan built by the Paris mass transport authority STP (Syndicat des Transports Parisiens)
o Introduction of an electronic purse in the Paris region and in France.

Lisbon:
Optimisation of the services vending and clearing systems, and obtaining full benefit from Lisbon's existing large-scale Electronic Purse system - which is unique due to the local multi-operator federation's long experience with it.

Constance:
Optimisation of the payment, ticketing, information and identification systems within the service environment of Constance, including a cross-border activity in transport and services.

Venice:
An application for multiple services for the citizens of Venice and for the management of tourist flows, which will be fully operational at the time of the Giubileo 2000 happenings.

Brussels:
A complete assessment of the integration of the CALYPSO system with the current electronic purse environment.

From the technical point of view, the main characteristics of the CALYPSO Citizen Pass are:
o Contactless card: ISO 14-443B
o Contact card interface with full compatibility with the ISO 7816 contact card standard
o Inductive transmission at 13.56 MHz, the best technology to fit the ergonomic requirements in pedestrian applications
o Very high level of security, based on microprocessor chip cards and reciprocal authentication based on DES algorithm with random numbers
o Full compatibility with existing ticketing and electronic purse systems (1545-IOPTA).
Each site develops its own customised applications on the basis of the same technological core of the multi-service contact-contactless system. This makes the resulting applications interoperable between the different sites.

Results and achievements
Integration of the various services has been implemented at three levels:
o the functions within the Citizen Pass, covering payment, ticketing, identification, display and call, with a special focus on the association of interoperable electronic purses and ticketing functions within the same contact or contactless chip card
o at urban or regional level: the Citizen Pass will be integrated into the existing systems of banks (purse reloading and clearing), of public transport (ticket vending, planning, passenger information), and of urban services (security, information, booking, flow management). Quality will be improved through sharing functions (for example purse reloading on public transport devices and transport ticket vending on bank machines)
o trans-nationally: the common platform for contact and contactless cards, folders and associated which ensures interoperability at a European level (common ergonomics, trans-nationally shared applications, use of EURO unit in Electronic Purse).
The system is being evaluated and demonstrated in European sites in Paris, Lisbon, Venice and Constance. The first demonstrations have been put on view since the Summer of 1998.

Conclusions and Plans for the Future
CALYPSO has thus achieved the intended results of
o implementing the Citizen Pass with its contact and contactless series of functions, based on relevant standardisation
o demonstrating the feasibility of the system in the four validation sites
o a specific assessment for a possible implementation at the Region de Bruxelles Capitale, to help establish its transferability potential
o a diffusion of the results through the users group CLUB involving a variety of service operators.

An evaluation will be made of the benefits of the full integration, operated on an everyday life basis, of:
o urban services in the existing payment functions (involving shops, retail points, etc.)
o ticketing (involving public transport, museums, etc.), vending (involving operators of services and sales of goods, etc.)
o clearing (involving financial operators)
o planning (involving public authorities and administrations), ...
o the systems (involving suppliers of hardware and software solutions and information systems).

The project will be finished on 30 September 2000. Deployment of the system is ongoing. There will be fully operational CALYPSO systems in Paris, Lisbon, Venice and Constance in the first few years of the millennium. Over 50 Million people will be impacted by CALYPSO during this time.

Contact Details
Project Coordinator:
Andre Ampelas
Tel: +33 1 43 03 95 01
Fax: +33 1 43 03 99 63
E-mail: calypso@ratp.fr
http://www.calypso.tm.fr
Research Area: Integrated Applications at Digital Sites
Timescale: 01.01.98 - 30.09.2000
Keywords: Multi-service, payment, ticketing, mobility, security, information to the citizen, flow management
Key Project Participants:
RATP (FR)
ACTV (IT)
ASK (FR)
Azienda servici per la mobilità (IT)
CARIVE (IT)
CLUB (FR)
DSGV (DE)
FHG - IVI (DE)
GIECB (FR)
GTM DS (FR)
IBM (IT)
INESC (PT)
INNOVATRON (FR)
La Poste (FR)
Landkreis Konstanz (DE)
LETI (FR)
Operadores de trasporte de Lisboa (PT)
Région de Bruxelles capitale (BE)
Relaish (FR)
SIBS (PT)
SNCF (FR)
TCAC (DE)